Happy Birthday (a.k.a. To You)
Choreographed By: Lewis Lee (Canada) Feb 2005
Description: 32 count, 4 wall, Easy
Intermediate
Choreographed To: ‘Happy Birthday’ By DJ Bobo From Album
“Magic” 100 bpm
Start when the bass
kicks in just after they sing ‘Happy Birthday To You’
Alternate Music: I Wanna Be Like You
By Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (bpm51bpm)
From album Casa Musica Vol. 25 Best of Latin Music – Vivo Latino
Start after a 48 count intro on vocal
R Fwd, L Side, R Recover, L Fwd, R Side, L Recover, R Back, L Recover, ¼
R Step R fwd, L Fwd,
¼ R Recover R, L Cross
1&2 R Step fwd, L Step side L with ball of foot, R
Recover
3&4 L Step fwd, R Step side R with
ball of foot, L Recover
5&6 R Step back with ball of foot,
L Recover, ¼ R (3:00) R Step fwd
7&8
L Step fwd, ¼ R (6:00) Recover R, L Cross over R
Syncopated Ball-Cross Traveling Right, ¼ L Step R Back, Spiral ½
L Step L Fwd, R Side, L Tog.,
R Cross
&1,&2 R Step side with ball
of foot, L Cross over R, R Step side with ball of foot, L Cross over R
&3,&4 R Step side with ball
of foot, L Cross over R, R Step side with ball of foot, L Cross over R
5,6 ¼ L (3:00) R Step back, Spiral
½ L (9:00) L Step fwd
7&8 R Step side R, L Step beside
R, R Cross over L
Hip Bumps (L-R-L), R Back Mambo, L Fwd, ½ R Recover R, L Tog., R Back
Mambo
1&2 L Step side and bump hips L, Bump hips R, Bump
hips L
3&4
R Step back, L Recover, R Step beside L
5&6 L Step fwd, ½ R (3:00) R Recover, L Step
beside R
7&8
R Step back, L Recover, R Step beside L
(L Fwd, R Drag) X3, L Fwd, (¼ L Hitch R, R Touch side R) X 4
1&2& L Step fwd, R Drag behind
L, L Step fwd, R Drag behind L
3&4 L Step fwd, R Drag behind L,
L Step fwd
&5,&6
¼ L (12:00) R Hitch, R Touch side R, ¼
L (9:00) R Hitch, R Touch side R
&7,&8
¼ L (6:00) R Hitch, R Touch side R, ¼
L (3:00) R Hitch, R Touch side R
Start Again
For Happy Birthday only:
Ending for a cool finish: at the end of Wall 9, facing (3:00)
&-1 R Step beside L, L Cross over R
2-3-4 Unwind ¾ R on ball of L with three counts
and R Hand point out across body from L waist to front wall (12:00)